The Lavender Lane Lothario
Berger and Mitry Mystery Series, Book 11
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نقد و بررسی
December 14, 2015
Two Dorset, Conn., families collide in Handler’s entertaining 11th mystery starring State Trooper Des Mitry and her film critic boyfriend, Mitch Berger (after 2014’s The Coal Black Asphalt Tomb). Every year, Sherm Gant, “a major player in the Dorset business community,” and his grown son, Leland, hit the graveyard to desecrate the tomb of silent film star Aurora Bing, against whom the Gants have a long-standing grudge. This year, things are even more acrimonious because Bing’s sole grandchild, nerdy building inspector Hubie Swope, has closed the Pit, the local dive Sherm owns, for safety violations. One fateful night, the Pit burns down, with Hubie’s charred body inside. Though Sherm is the prime suspect in what becomes a murder case, surprise contenders start popping up. It seems that widower Hubie, introverted cuckoo clock repairer though he was, was secretly cavorting with several local ladies. Mitch’s usual banter about food and films camouflages the ace crime-solving talents that will help point Des to the real killer. Agent: Dominick Abel, Dominick Abel Literary Agency.
February 1, 2016
When Hubie Swope, the building inspector for tiny Dorset, RI, is murdered, resident trooper Des Mitry is stymied. Who could want to end the life of such an innocuous guy? Mitch Berger investigates where Des cannot go and uncovers too many suspects. The 11th entry (after The Coal Black Asphalt Tomb) concludes with an unexpected twist.
Copyright 2016 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
February 1, 2016
In the latest Mitch Berger and Des Mitry mysteryhe's a film critic, she's a Connecticut state trooperthe only grandchild of silent-film star Aurora Bing is murdered. As the suspect list grows longer, Berger and Mistry become increasingly baffled, both at the depth of hatred a local family, the Gants, have for Bing and her descendants and at the apparently endless number of women who counted themselves the dead man's amorous partner. Effectively straddling the line between mystery and comedy, this is a solidly plotted, fluidly written story that keeps the reader entertained from the get-go.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)
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